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' ge took place ; 23,2.82 deaths ; 52 born children ; to - 2 1 6 11 : 7 1 8 8 0 2 : 3 1 s t , h; 1 are natura l committed suicide; of these were loge; 12s from disgust of destroyed themselves from ill-requi t e d domestic misfortune ; 30 • from bad died in pill" ; 7451773"47:rdisepoisited fl in o6 th n e iales io , rgu l e l l ; females; 21 2 n ; life, mental derangement, or conduct, gaming, the lottery, and deb auc hery ; the lo ss o f their situations, or derange d a ff airs ; 8 from fear of o wn motives. There are reproa c h or punishment ; 71 from un • 10,053 vehicles for the service for the exterior ; 600 water-carrisge -1,800 drawn by men; 178 royal diligence ( ' ; exterior. De.. ; J genes ; 249 small st age s rOO cabriol e ts flu t he ()lftiti: Pa ri s , dill are not filled, of the interior awn by horses, l ard ducting about one-third in supposing that the stag" week, „ las i to one person out of 27 of the. whole 1 we And'that 29,121 persons remove from Paris every ever yy si ne n t tt e e departures amount to 1,614292 ; 8,39 6 Places taken on. the mail-coaches; 50,000 travel annually by boats t h at p l y yet in Seine, and probably 6,000,000 by the short stages, a1u., 1 ,,,,,., this extraordinary movement of Atte population, only I", DV' passports were delivered. Among population; t the capital, the English are the tuoat numerous ; n et s ;" f nge rotu rs lB w l l 6 ) ;i lll94l : 123,734 have resided there ; the number incroloing r , 1) :: tionally every year. In 1815, th ere Were 13,622 ; in 18 2 1, re were 20,184. , THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1826. THE LAW OF BASTARDY. (From a Cavrenpoadeat.) Some late proceedings before Magistrates on the Bastardy Law have turned the public attention to this brauch of our jurispru deuce, and this, like all others hitherto submitted to the judgment of the uninitiated (that is, persons not lawyers by profession,) has been visited with the most unlimited censure. To, quote this system as a system worthy of imitation, would, perhaps, be saying too isiNeh in favour of it, Out oevet:Aoless we think it is hardly deserving of all the strong reprobation that has been excited ageinst it.' • The first and chief of its offence* is, that the oath of the woman as to the father of the bastard whereof she has been delivered is final, and that thus. a door for very great injustice and oppression is necessarily opened, But besides the answer that this objection will meet with in the fact that the law has stood ever since the reign of Elizabeth, and never yet produced any established case of injustice and oppression, it is open to another and a very trite one, in the old proverb, that h e i s a wise man that knows his own father. - Hence, then, it may be inferred, how much wore difficult it must he for a stratt g e t to point out the author of 'such a child's being. Now, is e 4.l4 e s o f marriage, it is a rule that , he is the father who was the lonian's husband (a rule which however conclusive in law, is aot so in a moral point of view,) but in cases of pregnancy', when no marriage points out the father, we really should be pleatied to be told what other method there is of reaching this fact, save by the oath of the mother of the illegi timate offspring. Even she too, is sometimes puzzled amongst the host of competitors for the honour she is conscious of, and, there fore in making her election, she doubtless has recourse to souse particular standard her recollection suggests, and thus guides her to the individual she delighteth to honour on this interesting occa sion. Unless this individual is perfectly iunoeent, he ought to take it as a compliment as sincere as it was unsolicited. In de fault then of a better method of affiliating the child, we must be allowed to consider the one in use, as perfect and as good, as under the circumstances, could be employed. With reference, however, to the powers the law has vested in Justices of the Peace to punish the father and mother of a ba.s tard, or to compel, indirectly, a woman to swear the child she is pregnant with, or has lately borne, to some man or other, we own that we are not quite so satisfied with it. Nu man or wo man ought to be punished by law for such • offences ; _ much less ought a woman to be compelled to name the father of her child, because she happens to be poor, or likely to become so. It is sufficient that such information be given after she is actually chargeable. And as to the probability of the parent, male or fe male, absconding in the interim, it is entitled to no weight ; for, after all, if the Man and woman are so poor as to render them and their child likely to become chargeable to a parish, it must be obvious, that at any rate the order of affiliation will not prevent it ; so that its only effect is, to give overseers:a power to imprison the man for not obeying the order of the Justices, but all this time they must support the woman and the child, or both may starve. If the order of affiliation and maintenance is at any time necessary, it is only so when the child is not likely to be come chargeable, because, should either parent be disposed to de sert the child, and leave'it on the parish, there would be some use in compelling a party, who has the means, to pay fur its support. Ity some unaccountable blindness, this is the enly case that is not met; for, where the slip happens between whet are called respect able parties, they snap their fingers at the little kings of the parish, for the little kings of the parish know better than to meddle with them. It is, however, to be remarked, that by judicial determinations all. beetards are deemed likely to be chargeable, at least so it was determined in the case of Rex v. Matthews, nil. Term, ti Wil liam 111., Salk. 476. In case a woman, after being brought up to swear to the father of her 'Agora child, refuses so to do, the practice is to commit her fur six months or a year to the House of Correction as a lewd woman under the Act, 50, sec. c. 51. sec. 1. This Act expressly de clares that the commitment shall be by two Justices, and the Act, 16 Elizabeth, c. 3, giving authority to the Justices to examine the woman, is equally express in requiring the presence of two Justice.. In #44IIOI4IeMP "44, 41 ..tv fling s o support the express provision of the Legislature ; yet, in defiance of these authorities, a single Justice committed Mary Martin to the House of Correction for twelve Calendar months. The excuse set up for this proceeding in open disregard of the ex press directions of an Act, is the statute, 6 Geo. .ft. c. 31, which when depriving Justices of the power of examining women, be, fore delivery, say that " it shall not be lawful for any Justice or Justices to," &c. Now, although perhaps it may be pardonable that a Jsistice of the Peace should read this Actots intending to give power to one Justice to do that which before tequired the presence of .two, yet, it must be confessed, that it is a very vio lent misunderstanding of the terms. But allowing it every va lidity to repeal the 18 Eliz. c. 3., it could not by any means affect the 50 Geo. 111 , which els° expressly requires the 'presence atm) Justices to commit a woman as a lewd woman. And if the negative provision of the 6 Geo. 11. was to repeal the express provision of the 18 Eliz. surely the express provision of the 50 Geo. 111. might in like manner be permitted to repeal the 6 Geo. II: We do not therefore agree with a writer in a eonternporary Journal, who says, he sees such a prima facie legality in this pro ceeding, as wholly to do away with the suspicion, that the Ma gistrate acted front undue motives. The late commitment of Mary Puddington, as it lewd woman, by two Justices of the City of London, to hard labour, is insupportable, and entirely at va riance with law, justice, and moderation. PRICE 7D. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Wzonzsnav, Nov. £9. The Bishop of Hamm. took his oaths and his seat. CORN QUESTION. Lord KING had some more petitions to present on the suhject of the Corn Laws. It was the opinion of some persons that the less that was said on the question the better ; but though a good deal had been said, it would, he believed, be tweet eery to say a great deal more before any tfk.ctril alteration was made in those laws. Now, however,, they all understood that some alteration was to be made after the recess. What that. alteratiou would be, God only knew, for he believed his Majesty's Minidess scarcely knew themselves, since, before they could come to any decision, they had to consult the interests of their friends and col leagues ; and therefore the change, whatever it might be, must be very partial. In his opinion, however, any alteration would be en improvement. He had heard a report that there was to be a duty of Ns. whenever wheat should be at 555. the quarter. If that were the case, he could only say that he would much rather be left to the mercy of Lis Majesty's Ministers than to the mercy of this merciless law. There was, he believed, a malignant party in the Cabinet—a party which was hostile to improvement of every kind. That party was always at war with the other part of the Cabinet ;so that their struggle was like the contest of the good tad the evil principle in the Eastern stories. He trusted, however, that the good principle woulalr.get the better of the evil one at last. The petition which lie had now to preeent to tl w House, came from the town of Manchester, and had been voted at a rneeting.of workmen on Thursday, . the 20th of October last. The petitioners state, that, after 12 years of peace, they are suffer ing unexampled misery, and that the cause of their heart-rending calamities is the high price of food, which raised the price of manufactures, and prevented them from competing with the ma ! nufactsrers of the continent. They also stated, that there high prices appeared to be considered necessary, in order to support the agricultural interests. • The Earl of LIVERPOOL, before he replied to the Noble Lord who had just sat down, wished to make some ob servations respecting his attendance at that House. He had come down yesterday and the day before, on both which occa sions, when he arrived, he found the House adjourned. He had come down at the hour when be understood public bu siness commenced, namely, at five o'clock. That was the hour at which public business usually commenced, and be had not, therefore, come earlier to the House. If the hour was altered, all he wished was, that it should he publicly understood. Ile bad not the least objection to the alteration of the hour, but he hoped that it would he made known that such an alteration taken place, and that public business in future would commence at four o'clock instead of five, as long as their Lordships conti nued sitting before Christmas. Having said thus much, he could assure the Noble Lord who bad presented the petition on the corn laws, that he certainly should not now allow himself to be drawn► into any discussion on that subject. He would, however, observe, that the Noble Lord was quite mistaken on one •point, namely, in his supposition that his Majesty's Ministers had not come to any decision on this question. They were perfectly pre pared now to propose a measure on the corn laws, and nothing but the feeling that it-would not be acting fairly to the great in terests involved in the question ? prevented them from bringing it forward at a time when it could not be properly discussed. Their Lordships were aware that the regular course of buiiness would not commence until after Christmas, Parliament being at present called together only for the special purpose of passing a bill of indemnity for the measure adopted under the order in Council of September last. But, independently of this circumstance, there were many other circumstances, as their Lordships must he aware, ' which would render it very improper to enter on the discussion of so important a question until they could be sureof a aufficient attend ance of Noble Lords from all parts of the country. This was, indeed, the main and only reason for delay. He certainly should not at present enter into any explanation of the measure which he in tended to submit to the House, becuase he thought that any par ,,,seLl out led to 'give rise to moor Outmodes...wk ing,'“ild he was convinced that: the lees :said the better. until the whole subject was brought forward. At present, however, he informed their Lordships that it was his iuteutiot►, on au early day after the recess, to put the. House in possession of the views of his Majesty's Government on the question. The •Earl•of LAUDERDALE did not mean to make any objection'to the line of conduct proposed to be followed by the Noble Earl. He did not mean to press for information as to the nature of the measure the Noble Earl intended to propose; but he. trusted that whenever the subject was brought forward, the Noble Earl would allow sufficient time for the sentiments of the co►►ntry to be fully expressed upon it. Their Lordships would observe that the agricultural interest had not yet laid any petitions on the table, because they very properly wished to wait until,they saw what was the nature of the measure which hie Majesty'l Mi nisters intended to propose. This was proper conduct on their• part, for they never regarded themselves as having an interest dif ferent from the other parts of the community. They believed their• own particular interest, and that'of the community at large, to be one and the same. They certainly would not, like some Other persons, come before their Lordships with petitions praying for an alteration in the Cor►► Laws, along with a Reform in Par liement, the appropriation of church property, and an' equitable adjustment of the Nationa' Debt. These were certainly the last things on which' the Agriculturists would trouble the Heim upon. The Earl of LIVERPOOL assured their Lord ships that there was no (disposition on his,part to push the mea sure with too great haste. Ample time should be given for the consideration of the question. But their, ,Lordships would hardly proceed in a business of this kind before theyknew what measures might be adopted on the subject in another place. It would be proper to have as large au attendance of Noble Lords as poseible, before he communicated to their Lordships the plan which he in tended ,to submit. This, as he had already said, he would do soon after the next meeting of Parliament. He Should only gate that, while the general interest required this question to be deli. berately discussed, it was also a matter of great consequence to the agricultural interest, as well as to every other interest in the earn.. try, that the decision upim it should not long be delayed, for delay must operate very materially on the interests of individuals. He should say no more at present than that it was his fullest wish that the most ample time should be given for the discussion of the question ; and whsnever the House came to its consideration, he hoped it would be decided - with a due regard to all the great in. tereste of the country. • • , The Marquis of SALISBURY expressed his opi nion, as we understood, that no case hail been made out for an alteration of the present system of the Corn Laws. 'Lord CLIFDEN wished that the Corn question could have now been gone into. The Noble Earl had stated many reasons for not bringing the subject forward immediately ; but delay was a great evil, for until this question should be settled no MU in the country could tell what his situation was. At the same time he admitted the question to be one of very great diffi culty,required the fullest contideration. Whet?, h os,ev e a r n , t i l t o e n h e e o whi illl e ie h brought forward, lie hoped and trusted 'that would be got rid of, for they were considered a source othr g ce arevaetragfraeil would d, and that they were such he sincerely believed. He would, therefore, be glad to heir that thelloble Earl was fully p re p a r e d to put an end to them, whatever. might in other respeett, be the natu r e of the measure brought forward. Lord CARBERY' approved of the arrangement proposed • for bringing forward the question of the Corn Laws. He was confident that whin the subject came to be discussed, the agricultural interest would be found to wish well to every other inteivet in the country. The Manufacturers believed that their isresent distress miaowing to the high price of cern, but in that he was convinced they were mistaken. The present price of bread was not touch beyond what it ought to be. The Earl' of LIVERPOOL wished to mak e a single observation in reply to what had fallen from the Noble Lord who spoke last but one'. He was convinced that a little reflection would satisfy the Noble Lord, that there would he much difficulty and inconvenience in bringing forward a measure of this kind at the present motnetit. The Noble Lord must be aware of the time it would . .talc to carry such a ' measure throug h both Houses of Parliament, and how impra c ti ca bl e i t would b e - to ec.. compile!' that object before the recess. But there was another consideration : nothing was or could be so inconvenient as bring ing the measure forward at this season of the year, or at any time, West their Lordships were sure that they would quite 4'" with the question. Considering iiiioalit etr aVTOLtasica of the question, their Lordships la ,e cord that . that it would ba impossible to come to a decisio n oet theirtealte;'. At the seine 4 c time he assured their Lordships thaistiU-perireiltees "tutu e.4seelY impressed than he was with the riteessirktriogioCihe question forward at the e arli es t possible period. . ,-' The Marquis of LANSDOWN had been intrusted with some Petitions on the Corn Laws, which he would have that night brought down with him, had he been aware that any discussion was to arise on the Corn Laws. He entirely concurred in the coarse which his Majesty's Croverunieut intended to pursue with regard to the bringing forward this question, and he hoped the r t he subjec t N o ble po ,si b i e.,E a rl A under w s s e i: i d c y n o o n d t s e i c d f i s a ei i i l . o a a t t o i consideration r o t fk great his o i m p or tance,int e n ti ons e at theearliest br i ngin g p because- the uncertainty which existed respecting this question was veetin- jurious to the general interest, by greatly affecting the markets.— At the saute time be did not conceive that it was practicable tut this part of the season to carry the measure through both Hauges' of Parliament. He hoped, however, that the delay would' be attended ' ' with this goodeflect—that the time afforded for:consideratton would ' enable Parliament to adopt a fixed and permanent regulation. For until not only that House but the public at large, were satisfied that any arrangement spathe was permanent, the mischief which would flow from this discussion of the subject would be interitii-. .. made. With regard to price, it was not so much lowness of price that was injurious to agriculturists, as the cireumetauce of having been led by Parliament to expect .high prices; they had made all their arrangements with a view to such prices. In cons sequence of this state of things, any great alteration in the present system of the Corn Law, must necessarily be attended with a co.-. responding loss to them. . But, nevertheless, that a very consider able change must take place, was an opinion which he had lung entertained and frequently expressed. At the mum thane, from the situation in which the country was placed, and the commer cial regulation. which had been adopted, it would be impossible to regard the intended measure as a simple question affecting the . agricultural interest only. It was a ruistaketiview of the subject to suppose that different parts of the community had distinct ins terms sui this occasion. If the manufacturer' were to obtain corn at so cheap a rate as to throw the poorer lands which now. produced it entirely out of cultivation, the injurious effects would.. . fall at last upon themselves. On the other hand, if the egriestl-. tend interest obtained too high a-price for their corn, that would ultimately have the effect in another way which they to Ma. dreaded ; of throwing the poorer lands out of cultivation. ' In feet, if a disposition should be shown by our part of the public, to throw the burden off themselves on to another, such en attempt, would he impossible, for the burden, such as, it was, must be home by all. What was necessary to be duo* was to diacovat' haw au adjustment could b e st b e m a d e , by w hi c h food could be obtained eutliviently cheap for the manufaCturer, and at the ssme tinie at such a price as would afford due encourage.• mint to the agriculturist—not, - however, such a , price as would cause the country to be entirely supplied with home raised corn, for eueb a state of thing. would be one of the greatest misfortunes that could befall the agriculturists.. The great object which ought to be kept iu view WAS, to form an equitable adjustment, and if Parliameet devoted due con sideration to the subject, be was sanguine enough to hope that this ebject ' might be accomplished, cud a permanent arrangement adopted which would set the question at rest. With respect to what his Noble Friend had said upon tke subject of the average*, he was inclined to concur. The system of averages was had, and it would be well if they could be dispensed with ; but if they could not he got rid of altogether, some mode might he fallen upon to regulate them, and place them on a better scale. The system of averages, at it now existed, was evaded to an extraordinary degree, and required to be carefully considered. Having said thus much, , he must again conclude, by again stating, that he otincurred iu the course proposed to be taken by his Majesty's Minister.. The E,arl of LAUDERDALE agreed with his noble friend, in opinion, as to . the advent-lee of a permanent ar rangement, but he confessed that his hopes of accumplishiug that object were not very sanguine. The present system, when first adopted, was intended to be a permanent one. He well knew that he had joined Ms efforts with the noble earl opposite. in 1811,, in preparing those regulations which were to form a permanent 'latent for a time of peace ; and the noble Earl then stated that the system was to be such. Ile did not concur in those regula tions with the view of obtaining high prices. on the contrary, he believed, in his conscience, that if the regulations had been acted on, they would cause low prices, and he was still of opinion that the system was calculated to have that effect. His noble friend, in the observations lie had just made, had taken into consideration the interests of the manufacturer on the one baud, and of the landowner on the other ; thus setting the two interests in array the one against the other, and making . it the business of Parliament to arbitrate between them. . 'When, however, the; question came to be discussed, he should show that there wan but one common 'inter-elk' involved in this . tigestion, whiot, aid nos et:wrist iis cresting - high prices, but . in encoucitgir4; the ... t rieulture of the country. Their Lordships must not take a narrow view of rise question, but &tide upon broad and statesman-like principles. He had said thus much to found hints& against being supposed to concur in niessures which might be proposed for altering the present sraeal. The Marquis of 1. ANSDOVV N was sure hie Noble Friend had misunderstood him, when he supposed that lie had spoken of any difference or collision of interests between the commercial and agricultural climes. lie certainly had alluded to . the existence of a hostile feeling which prevailed ; but the whole tenor of what he said tended to show that no such feeling ought to exist, and 'that if such a feeling were acted upon, it would be ruinous to both. In this question there was, in fact, only ens in terest to be considered, that of the country at large. In that in. terest the manufitcturer and the agriculturist were united; the landed interest giving activity to commerce by consuming mama, features, and the mattufactUres in return consuming the produce of the agriculturist. In expressing this opinion he was sure their Lordship would not understand him to be representing those iu terests in a state of hostility. ' The snore the question was inves tigated, the snore it would appear that, strictly speaking, there was but one interest to be consulted. Lord KING fully agreed in opinion with the Noble Marquis who spoke last, that there was but one interest on this question, but dif&rent views were taken of that interest. One party took a large view; another a narrow and confined one. Some wished for high privets immediately, others wished for thus.) pri c es which, would be best upon the long run. Now he was one of those who thought that the best prices on the long run were low prier,;--very near those of the Continent of Europe. If prices here were Much above those of the Continent, nothing could prevent manufacturers from emigrating. If, as the Noblo Earl near him had said, it was the object of the agriculturists, by the regulations 'of 'the present system, to give the country, low prices, their mode of doing it was surely very extraindinary. In order to make low prices, they say, let us have A monopoly; but I should rather say let us have competition. On, the contrary, if I wanted high prices, I. should like their call lilt monopoly.. The Noble Lord then preient4.4l o petition against the Coru Laws. from the six incorporated trades of Urechih, a4itl another from the Town Council of the alone place. The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved ati address to Majoety, praying that he .would be pleased to order his Ma jesty's Consuls abroad, to furnish a statement of the law relative to the export and impOrt of corn in the countries in which they reside: also any alteration which had taken place in those regula tions during the last .fifty years, whether made by law or by any other means. He wished as much information to be got as pos., ale, before the discussion came no; but he should not appoin t it, though all the inforniation he called for should not theh ee procured. • m The Earl of ROSEBERY moved for an account of the quantity of oats, ()Anneal, peas, and beans imported under the Order in. Council of September hid. Earl BATHUItST laid on the table certain mere and Orden( of Council, and prdsented a petition from Rob:. Gourley, the object of which Wild not heard.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, NV '' v a ti n : u t Pd ar t4t r. et s it l i i i:en w r::fo la r: d t f lt o c A n lio:l e r e t a i t t i a l e g b t h l i. e . a m o f i f i t o: l " t ritr:l l :t t f so 4"A ss U: i ll i n a s iU d iel u g rin o i t PUTT ER MAcQuEEN moved for a Re turn of the number o rm.) and 1826. Mr. IVIAI3ERLY asked permission - to finish a sett ad (t , 4 1 11 ::: 1 1 1 : i ct a : : , it t ti 3 l r '4 1 1" : . :: 1111 :: : : it lf i lk 4 i1!,,, i ' l I : ll ! el s )t : A ,t, eg ,., ll ,- , E i t t 4: :: l ll i i t a l l c ,i '; : : :: Al ti: ttifig i i l l t l , l jr n '1: : i t d : . 14 :: i t i s t r t i ° : i u ti . 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The Catherine, Macintoih, from Bengal, Arrived off Portsmouth, sailed front Calcutta, May 23, from Saugar, June 6 , from the Cape, Sept. 9, and from St. Helena, 23d ditto. The General Palmer, Truscott, front Madras, arrived off Do ver, sailed from Madras, July 30, and from St. Helena, Oct. 8.--- Out and home in eight months and nineteen dart. Arrivals at Bengal.—The Sir David Scott, IPTaggart, front Louden ; the Earl of Balcarras, Cameron, from London, on the 22d June; the George IV., Barrow, from London, ou the 23d ; the Lady Melville, Clifford, front London ; the Princess Char lotte, M'Keen, from Liverpool, on the 24th ; the Sherhorne, White, from thetlanritios, on the 28th the• Hon- Company's ship, Thames, was under orders for Cheduba, to bring away troops ; the Castle. Huntly, Drutninond, from London, on the 19th June; the Marquis of Huntly, Fraser, from London, on the 24th ; Circassian, Douthwaite, front London, on the 27th ; Ge neral Palmer, Truscett, from London, on the 14th July; his Ma jesty's ship Larne, Kingeombe, from Penang, on the 15th; the s ugau , Swami, front Rangoon ; Euphrates, It. Scott, froiu Lon don ; Fairlie, Short, from 'Rangoon, ou the 16th ; his Majesty's ship, Athol!, Murray, from Rangoon, on the 17th ; Jeane Pierre, —, from Bordeaux, on the 11th ; Juliana, Tunes ' front Lon den, on the 25th ; his Majesty's ship, Volage, Dundas, .from Portsmouth. _ _ Sailing* from Madras.—The'Sultan, Mitchell, for Bengal, on the 4th July ; Circassian, Douthwaite, for Bengal, on the 6th ; Eliza, Mahon, for Bengal, on the '7th ; Mary Ann, :Jacob, for Ceylon, on the 9th; Hamm Shaw, Davidson, for Bengal ; Phea sant, Paglar, for Masulipatam and Bengal, on the 16th; Susan, Stodart, from Bengal, ou the 17th ; Fairlie , Short, for Bengal, the 22t1; and La Belle Alliance, Iloremer, for Bengal, th e 26th. Arrival at Ceylon.—Tbe Morning Star, Bu c kh atn , f rom Lou don, on the Sd July. Arrivals at Bornbay.—The Diadem, .Cntgrave, from London, on the 12th July ; and Columbine, Suit, from London, en the 16th July. Arrivals at Bengal.—The Georgian*, Haylett, from London and Madras, on the 21st June ; the Circassian, Douthwaite, from London and Madras, on the 19th July. Sailing* from Bengal.--The Hon. Contpany's ship Th anies, Haviside, for Cheduba, on the 10th July; Penang Merchant, for Singapore and China, on the 11th; Aretlutea, Ho y, f or R an .. goon, on the 19th. Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Medina, Brigg s , from Benit i, on the 28th Sept ; Orynthia, Welch, and the Harni on ;,, from Singapore, on the 20th. Sailing* from St. Helena. —The Columbus, Brown, and the HairtiOnie, for London, on the 2d Oct. The Bombay Merchant, Hughes, was lost in Bengal river, near the mouth of Licarn's Channel, on the 16th June ; the Captain and thirty4ye.persons perished, and only twenty-seven saved. His Majesty's ship Petition, Jarvis, from Madras, on the Id July; Marqtlis of Lanstiown, Brady, from the Mauritius, on the Bth.